Blue Jays place Alejandro Kirk on 7-day injured list
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However, the Blue Jays are still looking for help as Thursday’s MLB Trade Deadline approaches, via MLB.com’s Keegan Matheson. • Blue Jays are looking for pitching, ideally multiple. • Toronto has a *rare* combo of money, ‘now’ players and prospects
Tarik Skubal threw 6 scoreless innings (helped by a Matt Vierling web gem) but Tigers hitters mustered two hits in a 6-1 loss.
Bichette became the first Toronto Blue Jays hitter to record hits in nine consecutive at-bats. The Blue Jays shortstop surpassed the group of Rance Mulliniks, Paul Molitor, Tony F
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Is this season fun or what? Even with a loss on Sunday, the Blue Jays made a huge statement by taking three out of four from the Tigers. Max Scherzer made one mistake to take the loss Sunday, but he mostly looked dominant while striking out 11 batters on his 41st birthday.
The Tigers remain atop the American League Central, 7.5 games ahead of the Cleveland Guardians. The Blue Jays are five games up on the New York Yankees for first in the AL East.
In the ninth, Bo Bichette broke a scoreless tie in the eighth inning with a two-run single. The Blue Jays added insurance in the ninth inning with three home runs. Nathan Lukes, George Springer, and Vladimir Guerrero all went deep. It was the 18th of the season for Springer.
Detroit Tigers catcher Jake Rogers managed an unreal throw to pick off Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at third base.